The Washington critic., 1887-10-10
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The United States Senators from the
Southern States are very different
class of men from their Northern col
leagues, says Washington special to
the New York Sun, not only In the
matter of their political conduct, but In
their personal appearance and habits
and manner Of living. Much Of this
difference is accounted for by the fact
that, as o general thing, the Southern
Senators are poor In purse, though
proud In heart. Out of eighteen South.
ern Senators but five are owners Of a
horse and carriage, and two of these
possess animals that would hardly take
premium at country fair. The five
who drive their own teams are Eus,is.
Gibson, Keuns, Vest and Vance.
Eusiis. Gibson and Vance have fairly
good turnouts, but those of Kenna and
Vest are mere country hacks. But six
of these Southern Senators own homes
In Washington. Call. Cockrell and
Vest have recently erected small aud
modest homes. and Gibson, Eustis
and Vance have more pretentious
ones. The two former gentlemen
are wealthy, and the latter has a
wealthy wife, which is much the same
thing. Eustis and Walthall of Missis.
sippi are the only Southern Senators
who live In anything like luxurious or
even comfortable style. They are both
men who enjoy good living, and can
afford TO indulge themselves. Eustis
is n club man, and somewhat of a ban
qirdnt. He is cultured, educated, and
lover of good company. He is a
relative of W. w. Corcoran, the mil
lionaire philanthropist of Washington,
and his face is well known In club
circles and in general society. Wal
thall has many of the characteristics
of Eus,is. and when In Washington
generally lives at one Of the best Of up
town hotels. Jones and Berry OF
Arkansas, Brown and Colquitt of
Georgia, Harris of Tennessee, Hamp
ton of South Carolina, Coke of Texas
George Of Mississippi. and Morgan and
Pugh of Alabama live In modest lodg
ings or at down town hotels, and rarely
If ever appear In society.
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Colonel Z. w. Ayres, the Washing
ton correspondent of the Kansas City
Times, was informed by Justice Field
the other day that the story about O
banquet being given to Senator Stan
ford at Sa6 Francisco by one Of thu
sitting judges of the Circuit Court wa
lie manufactured out of the Who'll,
cloth. The report as originally pub
llshed was that on the very evening o
the day In which the dissent agains
the Pacific Railway Commissioners wa
ordered banquet was given to Mr.
Stanford by one of the judges, and tina
Justice Field and others Joined will
the great Senatorial magnatc in some
thing very much like gloridca
tion over the result. Justice Flelt
says: "While l conceive that /
would be undignifed In m,
TO notice untrue statements Of thl
character, yet In view of the conncc
tion iu which this allegation is made /,
the New York World, l deem 1t prope
to say-and / do so emphatically-tha
no banquet whatever was given by any
member of the court to Mr.. Stanford
or by Mr.. Stanford to any member o
the court, nor did the members Of tn
court attend any banquet at which Mr.
Stanford was present upon the acca
sion named. / will, moreover, adj
that at none of the very many enter
tainments given me by my old friend
In California, during my recent visit
was Mr.. Stanford present except OF
Two occasions, when not the slighes
reference was made to the Faciti
Railway Commission nor to the decis
ion. And, by way Of parenthesis,
may mention the fact that on thes
two occasions Judge Hoffman 9TH
dissenting judge was himself present
and. If any tarring is to be done
Judge Hoffman and myself must b
tarred with the same stick of mutut
presence" Surely" added Judg
Field. "when dinner is given to
gentleman, 1t Is not his province I
dictate who shall be his fellow guests
Certainly, l could make no objectio
to Judge Hoffman, nor he TO me.
may as well state also that. while IN
personal relations with the gentleme
controlling the Central Pacific Railwa
are friendly, as with all old Califo
mans. have never accepted the sligh
est courtesy at the hands of the raj
road. either by way of free passes c
otherwise, deeming 1t inconsister
with my public position to do So"
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Says Austin In tho Cincinnati Time,
Star: The offices under the House an
Senate, counting everything, numb(
nearly 500, and the amount of none
they pay is not much below $500, 900
term. Nobody would believe 1t un,
the noses are counted and the none
paid. And 1t Is curious fact, to-
that the scramble for the smallest Ollie,
is Just about as vigorous as for Il
largest one. The best paid man In Il
service of the House or Senate is Il
man who reports the debates in Il
Senate. He gets n cool sea, 900 yea
OF course he must hire all of his a
sistants out of this. but he works
pretty shrewdly, and IL Is said saw
about Sl5, 900 out of his salary, takir
one year with another. OF cour
long sessions are hard on him. for
gets the same whether the session
long or short. The next best man
the way of compensation Is the Seer
tary OF the Senate. He gets S6,006
year, or 81 1896 a year more than
Senator gets. Even the Clerk of Il
House gets more than n Member, h
salary being S5, 100 year. They ri
from That down to $4O0 year. Al
for every one of these places there a
willing patriots waiting and watchir
TO pounce upon each Member as
comes to town, TO buzz him In fav
of themselves or some man who W
appoint them If he Is put in place.
Have You seen the AutOInrpy